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3315 :: Static Library ( --app:staticlib) fails on macOS

• emg (orginal) [2017-11-07T21:23:14+01:00] view original

  Hi,

  I'm trying to create a static-lib from a nim source so that I can use it in my other C projects. But, static-lib creation fails in macOS. Using version 0.17.2.

  Here's the command-

  
  nim cc -d:release --header --noMain  --app:staticlib test.nim
  Run

  It gives the error

  
  sh: llvm-ar: command not found
  Error: execution of an external program failed: 'llvm-ar rcs libtest.a ...
  Run

  But if replace

   llvm-ar 
  Run

  with just

   ar 
  Run

  and run the command myself manually, the static lib is created as expected.

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• woggioni (orginal) [2017-11-07T21:51:19+01:00] view original

  I don't know anything about macOS so I can just propose an ugly workaroud, probably someone else will come up with a better solution: create an alias in your .bashrc

  
   alias llvm-ar="ar"
  Run

  Anyway, I may guess that either you don't have llvm-ar in your PATH, or it is not installed, or it is installed with another name (like, maybe, ar)

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